# electricity (electrical)

A flow of energy that happens when charged parts move through matter in a pattern.

- Computed level: L6 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: physics  ·  Arena: natural phenomena

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [energy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-energy.capacity), [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance), [charged](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-charged.electrical), [flow](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-flow.movement), [happen](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-happen.event-occurrence), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation)

**Through:** Energy moves through matter as charged parts flow in a repeated pattern from one place to another.

**Novel properties:**
- directed energy transfer
- controllable current
- potential difference propagation

## Examples
- The 2021 Texas power grid failure cut electricity to 4.5 million homes during Winter Storm Uri. *(engineering)*
- Electric eels generate electricity in their organs to stun prey, producing up to 600 volts. *(biology)*
- The Three Gorges Dam in China produces electricity by channeling water through turbines. *(physics)*

## Used by
- [electrical](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-electrical.electrical) (L7)
- [electronic](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-electronic.electrical) (L7)
- [electronics](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-electronics.electrical) (L7)
- [metal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-metal.element) (L13)
- [phone](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-phone.electrical) (L9)
- [printer](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-printer.tool) (L17)
- [radio](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-radio.electrical) (L7)
- [socket](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-socket.electrical) (L9)

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